Stock Market Analysis & Opinion

After eventually easing some of yesterday’s hefty losses before the session’s close, the European indices are struggling to now follow in the footsteps of a rebounding Dow Jones. The FTSE...

A buoyant start from the Dow Jones failed to help out the European indices this Thursday afternoon. The Dow Jones quickly clawed back a big chunk of last night’s post-Fed meeting minutes losses...

Ideally, 2017 would have been the year Barclays (LON:BARC) closed the performance gap between its solid retail and credit card businesses and flailing investment bank. Almost inevitably, that was too...

2017 was not a kind year to the media firm. Initially things went quite well, with ITV climbing from a starting point of £2.08 to an 11 month high of £2.20 towards the end of April. From...

Stock markets are weaker today after the Federal Reserve released the minutes of their latest meeting last night. The update pointed out that prices are ticking up and the inflation rate is likely to...

We got the dividend fuelled rise for most of the day yesterday unfortunately nearing the 7275 resistance area just as we approached the bell so not a good time to short the cash market, hence moving...

Modest applauseShares in Britain’s biggest lender are up around 2% as I write; somewhat belying the clearest signs seen for years that it’s firing on all cylinders. News of the...

2017 saw the popular bakery chain post the kind of chart investors can only dream of. Starting at £9.63 the stock saw a near-uninterrupted, steak bake fuelled climbed, eventually closing out the...

Lloyds' shares (LON:LLOY) are in demand today as the company posted its highest profit since 2006. The bank trimmed costs, and boosted returns to shareholders. Last year the government sold its final...

EuropeBroadly speaking it has been a positive day in Europe, but the FTSE 100 has been held back by corporate updates from a couple of influential stocks. The London equity benchmark suffered by...

Another bungleThe good news is that HSBC’s remarkable recovery story is still on track. The less good news is that the lender has again bungled communication of sensitive, albeit cogent,...

Turned into a bit of a bearish one yesterday with a slow drift down across the board, after the bulls failed to build on the initial strength at the star of the day. The FTSE 100 declined from the...

After a taster with yesterday’s Reckitt Benckiser (LON:RB) bungle, Tuesday saw the proper start of a headache-inducing busy week for UK earnings. HSBC (LON:HSBA) was arguably the day’s...

Shares in Europe opened mixed on Tuesday as investors reacted to corporate results and awaited the open on Wall Street after a long holiday weekend. The FTSE 100 was held back by mixed results from...